{"id":147,"date":"2017-11-06T00:07:04","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/?p=147"},"modified":"2017-11-06T00:07:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T07:07:04","slug":"chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/2017\/11\/06\/chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city is young, busy, hip, clean and bright. I loved strutting along the wide sidewalks, sometimes dodging patios on one side and unexpected opening doors on the other side. It&#8217;s refreshing to be in a city that is always moving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-148 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4317-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4317-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4317-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4317-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was so impressed by the many public amenities that Chicago has to offer. Millennium park is the world-famous attraction; Lincoln park is only a 20 minute bike ride away; the zoo in the park is such a joy to explore and stroll around in; the hidden greenhouse on the second floor at the Navy Pier was such a pleasant discovery.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4339.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-149 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4339-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4339-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4339-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4339-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I also took some time to explore University of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. They are great places to get lost in for the outstanding aesthetic quality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4390.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-150 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4390-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4390-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4390-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/files\/2017\/11\/DSC_4390-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a very exciting, exhilarating and beautiful city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city is young, busy, hip, clean and bright. I loved strutting along the wide sidewalks, sometimes dodging patios on one side and unexpected opening doors on the other side. It&#8217;s refreshing to be in a city that is always moving. I was so impressed by the many public amenities that Chicago has to offer. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17099,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17099"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/amydo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}